Mansafotography

Back in university, they mentioned that the best way to test a cryptographic algorithm was to encrypt a really good joke that no one else knew and send it to a bunch of cryptanalysts. While cryptanalysts might try to conceal the fact that they've broken your algorithm or key (so that they can continue spying), it is reasoned that the temptation to share a really good joke is just too difficult for anyone, even those who rub crystal balls in the dark dungeons of the NSA.

Today a co-worker forwarded me an email that contained a series of remarkable pictures of mansaf. The picture above was one of two shots included under the category of, "Civilized Mansaf." This is actually a picture I took of the meal presented to my wife and me at her family's house upon our return from our honeymoon in Egypt. I uploaded the picture to a public photo sharing site on the Internet. However, it raises the question: if you want to know if the Jordanian Intelligence is spying on you, would you upload to your private photo-storage encrypted shots of the most scrumptious mansaf preparations possible and then wait to see if they surfaced in some mansaf appreciation society's emails?